Railroad-rail



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- -S. A. ROAKE 8; P. G. SMITH.

RAILRUAD RAIL. NO 518,679.

Patented Apr. 24,- 1894.

INVENTORS ATTORNEYS.

WITNESSES: I

county, State of New York, have invented an UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE.-

STEPHEN A. ROAKE, OF PEEKSKILL, AND FRANK G. SMITH, OF WILLIAMS BRIDGE,NEW YORK.

RAILROAD-RAIL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,679, dated April24, 1894.

Application filed August 15, 1893- .To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that we, STEPHEN A. ROAKE, residing at Peekskill, and FRANKG. SMITH, residing at Williams Bridge, Westchester Improvement inRailroad-Rails, of which the following is a specification.

Our present invention relates to railroad rails and has for its objectto produce a rail which may be readily and firmly attached to the ties.This rail is adapted for use with ties which have means for gripping thebase of the rail and more especially with the tie and rail-brace forwhich we made application for Letters Patent on June 23, 1893, SerialNo. 478,573. We attain this object by the device illustrated in theaccompanying drawing which shows a cross section of our improved rail.

In the drawingA designates the head of our improved rail, B the web, andC the base or flange. The head A forms the tread of the rail, whichrests on the ties upon its base or flange O. The sides of the flange arebeveled as at D for a purpose hereinafter described.

In using a rail with a tie having recesses for the reception of theflange, unless the rail is properly braced, it is liable to roll. One

means for accomplishing this bracing is by 0 having the sides of therecess in which the Serial No. 433,169- (No model.)

addition tothe movable side of the recess,

shims may be driven beneath the rail to pillow it in the tie. In thiscase, as the shims are compressed by traffic, and the rail consequentlybecomes loose in its fastenings, the sides of the incline may be forcednearer together to grip the rail and wedge it firmly down upon theshims. The conformation of the inclined sides makes our improved railparticularly applicable to this use, as it al lows of a great range ofvertical adjustment, by shiming or otherwise, of the rail in the recess.p

What we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- In a rail,the combination with a head A, and web B, of a flange G having inclinedsides D, substantially as described.

STEPHEN A. ROAKE. FRANK G. SMITH.

Witnesses:

HARRY M. TURK, GEO. E. Monsn.

